Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Owen Brothers, Inc.401(k)

OWEN BROTHERS / SOUTHEASTERN PAPERBOARD 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · PIEDMONT, SC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
2.63%

Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Owen Brothers, Inc. reported $53,904 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 2.63% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 1.81% to 2.63%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in South Carolina (688th of 807), and 12,750th of 13,661 in manufacturing.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,168,488
Participants with balances113
Active participants75
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$89,232
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$19,190
Benefits paid to participants$149,245
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGREERWALKER
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$2.2M · 113 accts
2022$1.9M · 234 accts · $102K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Investment management$53,904
Total administrative$53,904
The Owen Brothers, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,308

Owen Brothers, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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BAM ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$13,714
MATRIX TRUST COMPANY · Custodial · Custodial (securities)$867

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history2
2023$53,904 · 2.63%
2022$42,348 · 1.81%
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Sun Fiber, LLC SC$2.4M · 2.25%
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The Marwin Company, Inc. SC$2.1M · 0.70%
Alliance Plastics, LLC SC$2.1M · 2.27%
Keer America Corporation SC$2.1M · 1.42%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 581364922 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.